General News of Thursday, 31 January 2019

Source: mynewsgh.com

CID picks up 3 suspects over murder of Ghana Water Manager Joseph Migal Jinjel

Joseph Migal Jinjel was murdered by unknown assailants while travelling to his hometown Joseph Migal Jinjel was murdered by unknown assailants while travelling to his hometown

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has arrested three persons over the murder of the Joseph Migal Jinjel a manager of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) who was killed on the Walewale-Nalerigu road in the East Mamprusi District of the Northern Region, MyNewsGh.com has filed.

The Deputy Distribution Manager of the Ghana Water Company in charge of Accra East Region was murdered by unknown assailants while travelling to his hometown police earlier confirmed to this portal.

The three who were arrested are Zakaria Nandam, one Kantam and Bukari.

Joseph was the Deputy Distribution Manager of the Ghana Water Company in charge of Accra East Region was murdered by unknown assailants while travelling to his hometown police earlier confirmed to this portal.

Sources within the party disclosed that Mr. Joseph Migal Jinjel was a regular visitor to his hometown of Bunkpurugu and had actually played key roles in the mobilization of the youth as President of the Bimoba Youth Association in Accra.

“We were actually tipping him as parliamentary candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the area and he would have won back the seat we lost in 2012 but he died prematurely”, a source disclosed to MyNewsGh.com.

According to the family, Mr. Joseph Migal Jinjel together with his wife and others were attacked by alleged armed robbers at Langbinsi or its suburb.

MyNewsGh.com broke the story about the killing of Joseph Migal Jinjer who was travelling to his hometown in the Bunkpurugu District when he was stopped by the hoodlums in the night who after barricading the road with pieces of wood, pulled him out of his cross-country vehicle and shot him to death.

Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mr Mohammed Yusif Tanko confirmed the incident to MyNewsGh.com

It is gathered that he was taken to the Walewale Government Hospital but pronounced dead on arrival and later transported to the Tamale Teaching Hospital morgue for preservation pending an autopsy.